56 of 252 players remain as PBA World Series of Bowling enters Week Two
10/31/10
The Professional Bowlers Association’s 2010 World Series of Bowling began with a field of 252 bowlers from 14 countries, including 10 women and a pair of teenagers, and now it’s down to the 56 best.
The PBA World Series will begin its second week of competition Monday at South Point Bowling Center after a grueling five days of 12-game qualifying rounds on five different PBA lane conditioning patterns.
The top 16 qualifiers who survived each of the daily contests – the Brunswick Pro Bowler Cheetah Championship, Pepsi Viper Championship, Chameleon Championship, Scorpion Championship and GEICO Shark Championship – will return to the lanes Monday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday for another nine games of round robin match play.
After a total of 21 games, the top five players in each group will advance to stepladder finals which will be contested Friday and Saturday at South Point Bowling Center for delayed telecast on ESPN.
The first championship to air on ESPN will be the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship, which will air on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Pepsi Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and GEICO Shark finals will then air on ESPN successive Sundays, also at 1 p.m.
The match play fields will include a diverse field of players representing 10 different countries. PBA World Championship qualifying leader Bill O’Neill (pictured right) of Southampton, Pa., is the only player to qualify for four of the five match play rounds (Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion).
Michael Haugen Jr. (left) of Carefree, Ariz., (Cheetah, Viper and Chameleon) and Jason Belmonte (right), Australia (Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark) advanced in three disciplines.
Seventeen players - Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas; Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio; Dan MacLelland, Canada; Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind.; Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga.; Mika Koivuniemi, Finland; Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif.; Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y.; Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.; Osku Palermaa, Finland; Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C.; Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind.; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.; Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas; and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas - have qualified for two match play rounds.
A total of 36 other players will bowl in one match play round each: Andres Gomez, Colombia; Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas; Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio; Brian Lake, Warren, Mich.; Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo.; Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill.; Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore.; Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis.; Danny Wiseman, Baltimore; Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif.; Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas; Dominic Barrett, England; Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md.; Gregory Thompson Jr., Dayton, Ohio; Gu Yong-Jin, Korea; Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y.; Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill.; Jesper Agerbo, Denmark; Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y.; Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa.; Kelly Kulick (left), Union, N.J.; Kim Jun-Yung, Korea; Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland; Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va.; Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan.; Mark Buffa, Canada; Martin Larsen, Sweden; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.; Patrick Girard, Canada; Paul Moor, England; Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y.; Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill.; Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C.; Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif.; Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right), Ocala, Fla.
Fifteen of the 59 match play qualifiers are international players, representing Finland (3 - Lehtonen, Koivuniemi, Palermaa), Canada (3 - MacLelland, Buffa, Girard), England (Barrett, left; Moor), South Korea (Youg-Jin, Jun-Yung), Colombia (Gomez), Venezuela (Monacelli, right), Australia (Belmonte), Sweden (Larsen) and Denmark (Agerbo).
The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour’s first live television event of the 2010-11 season will be a unique three-day finale of the PBA World Championship. The top eight players after a combined 60 qualifying games during Week One of the World Series will return to South Point on Jan. 14, 15 and 16 to decide the season’s first major title, the 2011 PBA World Championship.
In the meantime, the players who survived the five daily stages in Week One will be back on the lanes starting Monday Nov. 1st with the Cheetah and Viper match play rounds at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Pacific), respectively.
On Tuesday, the top 16 Chameleon and Scorpion qualifiers will bowl their match play rounds, also at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The Shark match play round will complete the qualifying stage of the World Series at 8 a.m. Thursday.
On Friday, the top five qualifiers from the Cheetah, Viper and Chameleon Championships will bowl their stepladder finals at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., respectively. On Saturday, ESPN will tape the stepladder finals of the Scorpion, Shark and USA vs. The World team match at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively.
Tickets for all match play and television rounds are available at the gate at South Point Bowling Center.
Bowling fans around the world will be able to follow all rounds live on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive video-streaming service, on Monday. Full-year, World Series only and one-day trial memberships are available by visiting www.xtraframe.tv.
South Point Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev. (All times Pacific)
Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010
2-5 p.m. – Practice session for all match play finalists, all five animal patterns
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company New Product Demonstrations: Noon – MOTIV; 12:30 p.m. – Track; 1 p.m. – Ebonite; 5:30 p.m. – Brunswick; 6 p.m. – Turbo 2-N-1 Grips; 6:20 p.m. – EFX.
Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship Match Play
8 a.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Ritchie Allen (pictured right), Columbia, S.C., 3,020
2, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,979
3, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,929
4, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2,924
5, Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo., 2,922
6, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,911
7, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 2,910
8, (tie) Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, and Mark Buffa, Canada, 2,893
10, (tie) Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 2,891
12, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,885
13, Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, 2,881
14, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,874
15, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,865
16, Dominic Barrett, England, 2,844
Pepsi Viper Championship Match Play
2 p.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Kimmo Lehtonen (pictured right), Finland, 2,818
2, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,817
3, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2,792
4, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,789
5, Gregory Thompson Jr., Dublin, Calif., 2,766
6, Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va., 2,748
7, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,711
8, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,704
9, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,695
10, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2,693
11, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,682
12, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,665
13, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,663
14, (tie) Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., and Brian Lake, Warren, Mich., 2,659
16, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,658
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company Demonstrations:
12:15 p.m. – Storm Products; 12:45 p.m. – Roto Grip.
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010
Chameleon Championship Match Play
8 a.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Wes Malott (pictured right), Pflugerville, Texas, 2,809
2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 2,757
3, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,756
4, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,731
5, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,725
6, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,720
7, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,714
8, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 2,713
9, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,702
10, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,699
11, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 2,677
12, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,664
13, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,660
14, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,654
15, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2,653
16, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 2,646
Scorpion Championship Match Play
2 p.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Jason Belmonte (pictured right), Australia, 2,851
2, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,794
3, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,790
4, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,783
5, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,749
6, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,739
7, (tie) Paul Moor, England, and Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 2,730
9, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2,714
10, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,707
11, Jun-Yung Kim, Korea, 2,701
12, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,690
13, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,686
14, Yong-Jin Gu, Korea, 2,685
15, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,683
16, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 2,678
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company Demonstrations:
12:15 p.m. – Hammer; 12:45 p.m. – Columbia 300.
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010
GEICO Shark Championship Match Play
8 a.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Osku Palermaa (pictured right), Finland, 2,814
2, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 2,809
3, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,782
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,740
5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,734
6, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,733
7, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,732
8, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,723
9, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,715
10, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,714
11, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,686
12, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 2,679
13, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 2,677
14, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,674
15, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,664
16, Patrick Girard, Canada, 2,662
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company Demonstrations:
12:15 p.m. – AMF300; 12:45 p.m. – 900 Global.
Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
No competition
Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
9 a.m. – Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Nov. 28, 1 p.m. Eastern)
1 p.m. – Pepsi Viper Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 5, 1 p.m. Eastern)
3:30 p.m. - Chameleon Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 12, 1 p.m. Eastern)
Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010
11 a.m. – Scorpion Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 19, 1 p.m. Eastern)
3 p.m. – GEICO Shark Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 26, 1 p.m. Eastern)
5:30 p.m. - USA vs. The World (ESPN air date Sunday, Jan. 9, 1 p.m. Eastern)
United States qualifiers for USA vs. The World (after 60 World Series of Bowling games)
Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa.; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas; Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz.; Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas; Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind.
International qualifiers for USA vs. The World (after 60 World Series of Bowling games) Osku Palermaa, Finland; Mika Koivuniemi, Finland; Jason Belmonte, Australia; Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland; Dan MacLelland, Canada.
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 14-16, 2011
Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 (ESPN2)
2 p.m. (5 p.m. Eastern) – PBA World Championship, Stepladder Round One (No. 8 Jason Belmonte, Australia, vs. No. 7 Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas; winner bowls No. 6 Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz.)
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 (ESPN2)
6 p.m. (9 p.m. Eastern) – PBA World Championship, Stepladder Round Two (Friday winner vs. No. 5 Mika Koivuniemi, Finland/Hartland, Mich.; winner bowls No. 4 Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas)
Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 (ESPN2)
10 a.m. (1 p.m. Eastern) – PBA World Championship (Saturday winner vs. No. 3 Osku Palermaa, Finland; winner bowls No. 2 Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; winner bowls No. 1 Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., for title)
PBA World Championship Finals Prize Money
1st Place - $50,000
2nd Place - $25,000
3rd Place - $14,000
4th Place - $12,000
5th Place - $11,000
6th Place - $10,000
7th Place - $9,000
8th Place - $8,000
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Joe Ciccone sets the tone in GEICO Shark Championship Qualifier
Bill O'Neill continues to lead PBA World Championship preliminaries
Australia's Jason Belmonte tops Scorpion Championship qualifying
Defending champion Mike DeVaney paces the field in Scorpion Championship
Bill O'Neill in the driver's seat in PBA World Championship preliminaries
Wes Malott leads top 16 into Match play in Chameleon Championship
Brian Kretzer takes the pole in Chameleon Championship after Round One
Ritchie Allen continues to lead the qualifying of the PBA World Championship
Finland's Lehtonen, Koivuniemi 1-2 in WSOB Viper Championship
Sean Rash takes early lead in Viper Championship
Ritchie Allen wins qualifying of Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship
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World’s best players ready for match play leading to stepladder finals next Friday and Saturday
The Professional Bowlers Association’s 2010 World Series of Bowling began with a field of 252 bowlers from 14 countries, including 10 women and a pair of teenagers, and now it’s down to the 56 best. The PBA World Series will begin its second week of competition Monday at South Point Bowling Center after a grueling five days of 12-game qualifying rounds on five different PBA lane conditioning patterns.
The top 16 qualifiers who survived each of the daily contests – the Brunswick Pro Bowler Cheetah Championship, Pepsi Viper Championship, Chameleon Championship, Scorpion Championship and GEICO Shark Championship – will return to the lanes Monday, Tuesday and/or Wednesday for another nine games of round robin match play.
After a total of 21 games, the top five players in each group will advance to stepladder finals which will be contested Friday and Saturday at South Point Bowling Center for delayed telecast on ESPN. The first championship to air on ESPN will be the Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship, which will air on Sunday, Nov. 28, at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Pepsi Viper, Chameleon, Scorpion and GEICO Shark finals will then air on ESPN successive Sundays, also at 1 p.m.
The match play fields will include a diverse field of players representing 10 different countries. PBA World Championship qualifying leader Bill O’Neill (pictured right) of Southampton, Pa., is the only player to qualify for four of the five match play rounds (Cheetah, Viper, Chameleon and Scorpion).
Michael Haugen Jr. (left) of Carefree, Ariz., (Cheetah, Viper and Chameleon) and Jason Belmonte (right), Australia (Chameleon, Scorpion and Shark) advanced in three disciplines. Seventeen players - Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas; Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio; Dan MacLelland, Canada; Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind.; Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga.; Mika Koivuniemi, Finland; Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif.; Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y.; Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla.; Osku Palermaa, Finland; Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C.; Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind.; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich.; Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas; and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas - have qualified for two match play rounds.
A total of 36 other players will bowl in one match play round each: Andres Gomez, Colombia; Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas; Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio; Brian Lake, Warren, Mich.; Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo.; Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill.; Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore.; Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis.; Danny Wiseman, Baltimore; Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif.; Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas; Dominic Barrett, England; Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md.; Gregory Thompson Jr., Dayton, Ohio; Gu Yong-Jin, Korea; Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y.; Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill.; Jesper Agerbo, Denmark; Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y.; Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa.; Kelly Kulick (left), Union, N.J.; Kim Jun-Yung, Korea; Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland; Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va.; Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan.; Mark Buffa, Canada; Martin Larsen, Sweden; Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J.; Patrick Girard, Canada; Paul Moor, England; Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y.; Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif.; Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill.; Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C.; Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif.; Walter Ray Williams Jr. (right), Ocala, Fla. Fifteen of the 59 match play qualifiers are international players, representing Finland (3 - Lehtonen, Koivuniemi, Palermaa), Canada (3 - MacLelland, Buffa, Girard), England (Barrett, left; Moor), South Korea (Youg-Jin, Jun-Yung), Colombia (Gomez), Venezuela (Monacelli, right), Australia (Belmonte), Sweden (Larsen) and Denmark (Agerbo). The Lumber Liquidators PBA Tour’s first live television event of the 2010-11 season will be a unique three-day finale of the PBA World Championship. The top eight players after a combined 60 qualifying games during Week One of the World Series will return to South Point on Jan. 14, 15 and 16 to decide the season’s first major title, the 2011 PBA World Championship.
In the meantime, the players who survived the five daily stages in Week One will be back on the lanes starting Monday Nov. 1st with the Cheetah and Viper match play rounds at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. (Pacific), respectively.
On Tuesday, the top 16 Chameleon and Scorpion qualifiers will bowl their match play rounds, also at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The Shark match play round will complete the qualifying stage of the World Series at 8 a.m. Thursday.
On Friday, the top five qualifiers from the Cheetah, Viper and Chameleon Championships will bowl their stepladder finals at 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., respectively. On Saturday, ESPN will tape the stepladder finals of the Scorpion, Shark and USA vs. The World team match at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., respectively.
Tickets for all match play and television rounds are available at the gate at South Point Bowling Center.
Bowling fans around the world will be able to follow all rounds live on Xtra Frame, the PBA’s exclusive video-streaming service, on Monday. Full-year, World Series only and one-day trial memberships are available by visiting www.xtraframe.tv
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2010 PBA World Series of Bowling - Week Two Schedule
South Point Hotel, Casino and Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev. (All times Pacific)
Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010
2-5 p.m. – Practice session for all match play finalists, all five animal patterns
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company New Product Demonstrations: Noon – MOTIV; 12:30 p.m. – Track; 1 p.m. – Ebonite; 5:30 p.m. – Brunswick; 6 p.m. – Turbo 2-N-1 Grips; 6:20 p.m. – EFX.
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Monday, Nov. 1, 2010
Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship Match Play
8 a.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Ritchie Allen (pictured right), Columbia, S.C., 3,0202, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 2,979
3, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,929
4, Steve Jaros, Yorkville, Ill., 2,924
5, Brian Menini, Brookfield, Mo., 2,922
6, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,911
7, Joe Paluszek, Bensalem, Pa., 2,910
8, (tie) Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, and Mark Buffa, Canada, 2,893
10, (tie) Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and Jeff Carter, Springfield, Ill., 2,891
12, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,885
13, Andy Patterson, Tyler, Texas, 2,881
14, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,874
15, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,865
16, Dominic Barrett, England, 2,844
Pepsi Viper Championship Match Play
2 p.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Kimmo Lehtonen 2, Mika Koivuniemi, Hartland, Mich., 2,817
3, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2,792
4, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 2,789
5, Gregory Thompson Jr., Dublin, Calif., 2,766
6, Kip Roberts, Glenallen, Va., 2,748
7, Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., 2,711
8, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,704
9, Ritchie Allen, Columbia, S.C., 2,695
10, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2,693
11, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,682
12, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,665
13, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 2,663
14, (tie) Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., and Brian Lake, Warren, Mich., 2,659
16, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,658
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company Demonstrations:
12:15 p.m. – Storm Products; 12:45 p.m. – Roto Grip.
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Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010
Chameleon Championship Match Play
8 a.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Wes Malott 2, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 2,757
3, Tyler Jensen, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,756
4, Brian Kretzer, Dayton, Ohio, 2,731
5, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,725
6, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,720
7, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,714
8, Mika Koivuniemi, Finland, 2,713
9, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,702
10, Danny Wiseman, Baltimore, 2,699
11, Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., 2,677
12, Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz., 2,664
13, Scott Norton, Costa Mesa, Calif., 2,660
14, Tony Reyes, San Bruno, Calif., 2,654
15, Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan., 2,653
16, Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 2,646
Scorpion Championship Match Play
2 p.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Jason Belmonte 2, Eugene McCune, Munster, Ind., 2,794
3, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,790
4, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,783
5, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 2,749
6, Mike DeVaney, Murrieta, Calif., 2,739
7, (tie) Paul Moor, England, and Jason Sterner, McDonough, Ga., 2,730
9, Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 2,714
10, Jack Jurek, Lackawanna, N.Y., 2,707
11, Jun-Yung Kim, Korea, 2,701
12, Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas, 2,690
13, Bill O'Neill, Southampton, Pa., 2,686
14, Yong-Jin Gu, Korea, 2,685
15, Eddie VanDaniker Jr., Essex, Md., 2,683
16, Chad Kloss, West Allis, Wis., 2,678
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company Demonstrations:
12:15 p.m. – Hammer; 12:45 p.m. – Columbia 300.
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Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010
GEICO Shark Championship Match Play
8 a.m. – 9 games round-robin match play, top 5 after 21 games advance to stepladder finals
Match Play Qualifiers (with 12-game pinfall totals):
1, Osku Palermaa 2, Brian Valenta, Lockport, Ill., 2,809
3, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 2,782
4, Jason Belmonte, Australia, 2,740
5, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Ocala, Fla., 2,734
6, Kelly Kulick, Union, N.J., 2,733
7, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 2,732
8, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 2,723
9, Dino Castillo, Carrollton, Texas, 2,715
10, Dan MacLelland, Canada, 2,714
11, Joe Ciccone, Buffalo, N.Y., 2,686
12, Jesper Agerbo, Denmark, 2,679
13, Dave Wodka, Chatsworth, Calif., 2,677
14, Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 2,674
15, Mike Fagan, Patchogue, N.Y., 2,664
16, Patrick Girard, Canada, 2,662
PBA Registered Bowling Product Company Demonstrations:
12:15 p.m. – AMF300; 12:45 p.m. – 900 Global.
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Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010
No competition
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Friday, Nov. 5, 2010
9 a.m. – Brunswick Pro Bowling Cheetah Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Nov. 28, 1 p.m. Eastern)
1 p.m. – Pepsi Viper Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 5, 1 p.m. Eastern)
3:30 p.m. - Chameleon Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 12, 1 p.m. Eastern)
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Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010
11 a.m. – Scorpion Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 19, 1 p.m. Eastern)
3 p.m. – GEICO Shark Championship (ESPN air date Sunday, Dec. 26, 1 p.m. Eastern)
5:30 p.m. - USA vs. The World (ESPN air date Sunday, Jan. 9, 1 p.m. Eastern)
United States qualifiers for USA vs. The World (after 60 World Series of Bowling games)
Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa.; Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas; Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz.; Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas; Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind.
International qualifiers for USA vs. The World (after 60 World Series of Bowling games) Osku Palermaa, Finland; Mika Koivuniemi, Finland; Jason Belmonte, Australia; Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela; Kimmo Lehtonen, Finland; Dan MacLelland, Canada.
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PBA World Championship Finals
South Point Bowling Center, Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 14-16, 2011
Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 (ESPN2)
2 p.m. (5 p.m. Eastern) – PBA World Championship, Stepladder Round One (No. 8 Jason Belmonte, Australia, vs. No. 7 Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas; winner bowls No. 6 Michael Haugen Jr., Carefree, Ariz.)
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 (ESPN2)
6 p.m. (9 p.m. Eastern) – PBA World Championship, Stepladder Round Two (Friday winner vs. No. 5 Mika Koivuniemi, Finland/Hartland, Mich.; winner bowls No. 4 Chris Barnes, Double Oak, Texas)
Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011 (ESPN2)
10 a.m. (1 p.m. Eastern) – PBA World Championship (Saturday winner vs. No. 3 Osku Palermaa, Finland; winner bowls No. 2 Sean Rash, Wichita, Kan.; winner bowls No. 1 Bill O’Neill, Southampton, Pa., for title)
PBA World Championship Finals Prize Money
1st Place - $50,000
2nd Place - $25,000
3rd Place - $14,000
4th Place - $12,000
5th Place - $11,000
6th Place - $10,000
7th Place - $9,000
8th Place - $8,000
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